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Hello owls, goodbye rats

Jul 18, 2022 – Leslie Lake
July 11, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Elsa impacts sea turtle, shorebird nests

Elsa impacts sea turtle, shorebird nests

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Tropical Storm Elsa washed over the Island on July 6 and 7, taking some shorebird eggs and chicks with it, and soaking some sea turtle nests in the sand, perhaps for too long…
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June 5, 2021
By Cindy Lane
Good news: Least terns nesting on AMI

Good news: Least terns nesting on AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – It’s been a long time, longer than Suzi Fox can remember, since least terns nested on the Island’s Gulf beaches. “I’m very excited,” said Fox, director of Anna Maria Island…
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May 11, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Coast Lines: Save the refuge for the birds

Coast Lines: Save the refuge for the birds

Friday, May 15 is Endangered Species Day, a great day to get outdoors and try to spot local birds, turtles and manatees that are on the federal and state imperiled species lists. It is not, howeve…
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March 22, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Coronavirus affecting turtle, bird monitoring

Coronavirus affecting turtle, bird monitoring

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – COVID-19 will keep most Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring volunteers off the beaches as sea turtle and bird nesting seasons begin, according to Director Suzi…
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March 2, 2020
By Cindy Lane
Shorebird survey marks start of season

Shorebird survey marks start of season

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Shorebird nesting season is beginning, and a three-day survey of shorebirds on Anna Maria Island beaches shows 38 black skimmers – a threatened species in Florida – preparing to n…
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October 11, 2019
By Cindy Lane

Local gulls sick, dying

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Island resident Jeannie Bystrom, who frequently rescues pelicans tangled in fishing line, found 23 dead laughing gulls on a recent trip to Passage Key, north of the Island. It’…
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December 14, 2018
By Cindy Lane
mottled ducks

Duck hunting spreads to Neal Preserve

PERICO ISLAND – Perico Preserve, a bird sanctuary, is not the only county preserve where duck hunters are shooting easy prey. Since duck hunting season resumed on Dec. 8, residents bordering nearb…
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June 19, 2018
By Cindy Lane
bird harassment snowy plover

Bird harassment complaint investigated

HOLMES BEACH – An unidentified woman has frightened two snowy plovers and their three chicks off their nest at 5400 Gulf Drive condos, and they have disappeared, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Sh…
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April 3, 2018
By Cindy Lane
White ibis

Shorebird nesting season here

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – When you see terns two by two on the beach and snowy plovers in pairs, it’s a sure sign that shorebird nesting season is here. Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Moni…
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January 9, 2018
By Cindy Lane
Red knot

Christmas bird count results in

There were no French hens, geese a-laying, swans a-swimming or partridges in pear trees, but local Audubon volunteers found plenty of birds in the 118th Christmas bird count on New Year’s Eve. Six…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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